It amazes me that so many people call themselves Jaguars fans, watch every second of every game, and still have no idea the risk of getting sacked is higher than the risk of a field goal attmept being blocked in that situation. Blake Bortles was sacked 6 times yesterday, so obviously he could have been sacked on third down. You all know Josh Scobee is very accurate over 50 yards. So why do you think just because that kick was blocked, it was worth the risk of Bortles getting sacked to keep the offense out on third down?

 

Look at the cat fight in Cincinnati. The Panthers knew if they went for it on fourth down and missed, the Bengals win 37-34. So they brought out their kicker to tie it up again because that is a safer way to finish the drive than anything they could do on offense to get a first down. Using the logic behind keeping the offense out on 3rd and 2, all of the critics here probably would have wanted Carolina to go for it on fourth down while trailing by three in overtime and gotten mad at them for not doing it just because Mike Nugent got one more chance to win the game. C'mon, people.

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